SANDYMOOR Supplementary Planning Document
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Halton Borough Council SANDYMOOR Supplementary Planning Document Statement of Consultation Environmental & Regulatory Services Environment Directorate Halton Borough Council Rutland House Halton Lea Runcorn WA7 2GW Approved : 24th July 2008 Introduction Under the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 it is a requirement to prepare and publish a Statement of Consultation for a range of planning policy documents, including Supplementary Planning Documents (SPDs). This is a reflection of Government’s desire to “strengthen community and stakeholder involvement in the development of local communities”. The Council has an adopted Statement of Community Involvement (SCI), this sets out how the public will be consulted on new planning policy and significant planning applications. This Statement of Consultation has been prepared to meet the requirements of the SCI, and also aims to reflect the intentions of Government planning guidance for reporting on community involvement in the plan making process. This Statement of Consultation sets out the comments and representations made, and the response to them, in respect of the Stakeholder and Partnership Consultation Stages and the formal Public Participation Stage conducted by Halton Borough Council, in relation to the Sandymoor SPD. This Statement of Consultation has been produced in accordance with Regulation 17 (1) and 18 (4) of the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) Regulations 2004. Consultation has included the following; 21st September 2004 Stakeholder Event (Sandymoor Hall) 2nd February to 16th March 2006 Partnership Consultation 1st April 2005 Stakeholder Event (Sandymoor Hall) 28th July to 14th August 2006 Partnership Consultation 27th November 2006 Stakeholder Event (Sandymoor Hall) 27th March to 8th May 2008 Public Consultation At the formal Public Consultation Stage. statutory consultees (as outlined in Planning Policy Statement 12 - Local Development Frameworks, Appendix E) were notified via letter with an individual copy of the draft SPD attached. In addition, those individuals on the Council’s Local Development Framework consultation database that had requested to be informed of the publication of the draft SPD were also sent a notification letter, a copy of the Public Notice of SPD Matters detailing where the documents could be inspected. A similar notification letter was also sent to each individual address on Sandymoor. 1 Stakeholder Consultation Initial Partnership Consultation Period: 28th July 2006 – 14th August 2006 Date of consideration of representations: Various The following section of this Statement establishes the consultation undertaken to date during the preparation of the draft Sandymoor SPD. This includes comments received by the Council during the statutory Pre-Production and Partnership Consultation periods between 2nd February 2006 and 16th March 2006, and 28th July 2006 and 14th August 2006 respectively, and also sets out additional feedback received during further non-statutory consultation with key stakeholders and bodies, including that at the following events: • Stakeholder Event at Sandymoor Hall – 21st September 2004; • Public Exhibition at Sandymoor Hall – 1st April 2005; • Public Exhibition at Sandymoor Hall – 27th November 2006. Given the significant number of consultees involved in the Sandymoor SPD preparation process, for ease of reference, the consultee comments and responses are each individually displayed. N.B. – All paragraph and page references relate to the numbers as set out in the Partnership Consultation draft Sandymoor SPD. Consultee Comment Council Response Environment EA welcomes and supports the inclusion of Noted. Agency ‘Biodiversity and Landscapes’ as long-term Letter priorities in the SA for Sandymoor. 22/05/06 (Response to Pre-Production Scoping Report) Environment The development of Sandymoor provides Existing sewerage system designed Agency an ideal opportunity to sensitively to accommodate surface water incorporate a ‘Sustainable Urban Drainage drainage. Roof drainage/SUDS System’ (SUDS). where appropriate. Environment Reedbed and wetland creation would Opportunity for Phragmites Agency enhance biodiversity, and contribute to the Reedbed is contained in area Cheshire and Halton Biodiversity Action designated for wildlife and Plan (BAP) targets for Phragmites Reedbed. particularly in the southern Sandymoor nature reserve area. Environment Reference should be made to existing flood Noted. Agency storage basins adjacent to Keckwick Brook downstream in Manor Park. Environment Opportunities exist to enhance and As part of overall wildlife strategy Agency undertake sensitive remedial works to the the existing brooks will be channellised Keckwick Brook Corridor. enhanced to improve wildlife habitats. 2 Consultee Comment Council Response Environment The EA will object to any residential Flood mitigation design work is Agency development in areas of high flood risk. The currently being undertaken to EA supports the development of open incorporate potential flood risk space in flood-risk areas. areas into the proposed open spaces. Natural No Comments Received England ------- Pre-Production Scoping Report Consultee English EH acknowledge the conclusion that the Noted. Heritage SPD is unlikely to have significant Letter 06/02/06 environmental effects, and thus does not (Pre-Production require a SEA. Scoping Report) Identify that the Scoping Report does not Noted. include information on the historic and built character of the area in the section on Site- Specific Baseline information. EH suggest that the baseline information be The character of the area has been supplemented by an appraisal of the formed by the 80’s/90’s ‘landscape and townscape character’ development. There is a chance to of the area to identify areas of importance, create a unique new character at and areas for protection and enhancement. Sandymoor. No formal appraisal This is considered important in reference has been published but as part of to the aims of the SPD; to promote high- the design process the important quality design and create a sense of place. landscape and townscape characteristics have been identified, and protected and enhanced where possible. Countryside CA considers that the draft SPD for The Masterplan has taken into Agency Sandymoor is unlikely to have a significant account effects on the local Letter 27/02/06 effect on the landscape, nor the enjoyment landscape and has also recognised (Pre-Production of it through access. and enhanced access to the wider Scoping Report) countryside as well as providing access through the development. The Scoping Report does not refer in detail Noted. to landscaping issues. GONW 1) Page 4 Site Context: it would be Accepted. A UDP extract will be useful here in the site context to show an provided in the SPD/Design extract from the proposals map to illustrate Statement. the main UDP policies that will apply. It would also be helpful of the masterplan diagram where included nearer the beginning of the document so that the reader has the main context for the details in the further chapters. 3 Consultee Comment Council Response GONW 2) Para 2.3: it would be helpful here to Noted. A phasing strategy for the give up to date context of the supply development of Sandymoor is still coming forward and how this affects the to be determined at present. release of phase 2 housing sites. GONW 3) Para 3.13: reference to Masterplan Noted. This will be included in the in appendix 1, but it is not included there. SPD. GONW 4) Para 3.19: flood risk is an important Accepted. The changes relate to issue that will need to be taken into new flood and other constraints, account. In relation to the ‘land swap’ with and do differ from the UDP. land in southern Sandymoor, it appears However these issues have been from the new plans that the residential discussed between stakeholders development site boundaries will be during the consultation process. changed / extended from those on the The Masterplan is there to provide proposals map in the adopted UDP. This the illustrative context for this could cause problems as landowners and area in light of the re-configuration nearby residents may have concerns about of developable land. It is proposed this new proposal as they differ from what that a planning application will be is in the UDP. submitted to Halton BC for the proposed ‘land-swap’ as per the UDP proposals map. GONW 5) Section 4: supplementary policy Noted. The relevant generic UDP guidance. There is a list of UDP policies in policies will be listed within an the back of the document, but it would be Appendix in the final adopted SPD. beneficial to refer to them within the main text of the document, to help the reader to see how they apply: for example, in this section many considerations seem to supplement UDP policies, so it would be useful to refer to them briefly here. Some of the references to appendices are incorrect in this section. GONW 6) SMTP3: it would be helpful to Noted. include a diagram showing this greenway network: I found this and others hard to find on the main masterplan, but it was hard to read the masterplan writing so it could be that the writing was just too small for me find this. You may wish to look at the scale/printing of the masterplan diagram if other people are having similar problems. GONW 7) General: there is some repetition in Noted. the document, which you will probably cut down on in the final draft. GONW 8) Chapter 5: there are references to Noted. high and low densities in this chapter: it would be helpful to explain this in the context of SMH2. 4 Consultee Comment Council Response GONW 9) Page 35: public transport is Noted. mentioned briefly here and another couple of parts of the document. It would be beneficial to build on this element and look at the provision of public transport in order to highlight it to developers, given the importance of making these new developments sustainable and accessible. GONW 10) Page 39: references to areas on the Noted. diagram need moving down (you probably already have this covered).